Every Saturday at Comic-Con, the Comics Arts Conference turns one of its sessions into a "Poster Session," which allows attendees to interact directly with presenters. Shown here is Hannah Diaz of California State University at Fullerton, whose presentation showed how superhero comics can use greater variation in costume desgn and body type to distinguish characters and personalities more effectively.

Fight Club author and creator Chuck Palahniuk signs at the 20th Century Fox Fanfare booth at Comic-Con 2014. Palahniuk also announced a new Fight Club 2 comics series at Comic-Con, illustrated by Cameron Stewart and to be published by Dark Horse Comics.

Jane Espenson and Georges Jeanty on the Whedonverse panel, discussing the continuations of Joss Whedon's popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Serenity franchises in comic series published by Dark Horse Comics.

The cast of the new NBC TV series Constantine, based on the DC Comics series. Left to right: executive producers David S. Goyer and Daniel Cerone, actors Matt Ryan, Harold Perrineau, Angélica Celaya, and Charles Halford.

Mission Statement

The SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION (Comic-Con International) is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation organized for charitable purposes and dedicated to creating the general public’s awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, including participation in and support of public presentations, conventions, exhibits, museums and other public outreach activities which celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.